Wagtails & Pipits in Morocco
Our list for Morocco has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Morocco in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Water Pipit 15–17 cm
- Pied Wagtail 17–19 cm
- Grey Wagtail 17–20 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made